Demographics

The sub district is home to about 1.8 lakh people, among them about 90 thousand (51%) are male and about 86 thousand (49%) are female. 80% of the whole population are from general caste, 18% are from schedule caste and 2% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Habra - II community development block is 11%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are about 42 thousand households in the sub district and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Religion wise distribution of population

Hindus contribute 51% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Muslims which contribute 49% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 950 in Muslims are 952.

Growth of population

Population of the sub district has increased by 17.8% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 1.5 lakh. Female population growth rate of the sub district is 18.4% which is 1.2% higher than male population growth rate of 17.2%. General caste population has increased by 16.9%; Schedule caste population has increased by 20.3%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 32.2% and child population has decreased by -6.6% in the sub district since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 951 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 949, in schedule caste is 955 and in schedule tribe is 994. There are 960 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has increased by 10 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 6 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total about 1.3 lakh people in the sub district are literate, among them about 68 thousand are male and about 59 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Habra - II is 81%. 85% of male and 77% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 7%. Male literacy has gone up by 4% and female literacy rate has gone up by 10%.

Workers profile

Habra - II has 37% (about 65 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 60% male and 12% female population are working population. 54% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 6% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 7% of total female population are main and 5% are marginal workers.